Thursday, July 2,
2009 John
McCann (609)408-8106
(Ocean City, NJ) – The Republican county committee
members of the First Legislative District, meeting
last night at the Old Historic County Court House in
Middle Township, selected by acclamation Ocean City
business and civic leader John McCann to join GOP
First District nominee Mike Donohue as the GOP
ticket for the State Assembly.
McCann replaced former GOP First District Assembly
nominee Frank Conrad, who withdrew from the contest
last week.
“John McCann is a born leader,” said Donohue, “just
the kind of guy the First District needs in Trenton.
In this time of crisis, we need conservative leaders
who will look you in the eye and let you know
exactly where they stand – leaders you can count on
to be true to their guiding principles, not the
political needs of the moment. In John McCann, the
voters of the First District will know they’ve got a
strong leader who will make decisions on the basis
of what’s best for the residents of the First
District, not what’s best for his party bosses.
“I am not one
for long speeches," McCann said as he spoke to those
assembled. "For many years I have been sitting
where you are sitting listening to politicians give
the same long speeches. This is about getting to
work to win this campaign. This is about Mike
Donohue and John McCann being out there, standing on
our own two feet, speaking in our own voice about
how we are going to take back this state from the
people who have done such a horrible job running
it. I can't wait to get out there on the trail with Mike
Donohue. Great things are
happening for this campaign."
After the convention,
over one hundred supporters gathered upstairs at the
nearby Bellevue Tavern to congratulate McCann and
officially launch the Donohue-McCann ticket.
"I know there is
a lot of hard work to be done," McCann said. "And
we will do it. I know that with the help of
everyone in this room, we can stand up to the
Corzine Democrats and start to turn this state
around. This demonstration of how we have come
together to move this campaign forward shows that we
are united and ready to win this race. We need to
concentrate on supporting and creating small
businesses. The small business is the economic
engine of South Jersey and those businesses have
been hurt by the Corzine Democrats. We need to
elect people who are committed to providing
incentives to small business to create jobs and grow
our economy."
